Oct 29, 2008 · Gay and bisexual men have been disproportionately affected by this disease. The association of HIV/AIDS with gay and bisexual men and the inaccurate belief that some people held that all gay and bisexual men were infected served to further stigmatize lesbian, gay, and bisexual people.

Mar 16, 2023 · Gay marriage was first legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, and Canada; but the recognition of gay marriage by church and state continued to divide opinion worldwide. After the impressive gains for LGBT rights in postapartheid South Africa, conservative evangelicals in the U.S. began providing support and funding for homophobic campaigns ...

Sexual orientation is a component of identity that includes sexual and emotional attraction to another person and the behavior and/or social affiliation that may result from this attraction. Gender identity is one’s self-identification as male, female, or an alternative gender.

Mar 12, 2025 · Human Rights Watch works for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender peoples' rights, and with activists representing a multiplicity of identities and issues. We document and expose abuses based ...

SIDA. Los hombres gay y bisexuales han sido afectados desproporcionadamente por esta enfermedad. La asociación del VIH/SIDA con hombres gay y bisexuales, y la creencia inexacta de algunos de que todos los hombres gay y bisexuales estaban infectados, ayudó a estigmatizar aún más a las personas lesbianas, gay y bisexuales. ¿Cuál es el impacto

are gay. Many assume that being gay is a “phase” that youth will grow out of as they get older. Some think that teens may decide to be gay if they have a gay friend, read about homosexuality, or hear about gay people from others. These myths are very common and they are also incorrect. Today, adolescents have much wider access to

Jul 8, 2024 · The National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force released a report in 2011 entitled Injustice at Every Turn, which confirmed the pervasive and severe discrimination faced by transgender people. Out of a sample of nearly 6,500 transgender people, the report found that transgender people experience high ...

and gay parents that arise in custody decision-making: parenting ability, impact on children’s sexual orientations, social stigma confronting children, and children’s general adjustment. The research to date, although limited in some respects, has provided no evidence that lesbian and gay parents differ from heterosexual parents in these areas.

Committee on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns Joint Task Force on Guidelines for Psychotherapy With Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients (JTF). The JTF cochairs were Kristin A. Hancock, PhD (John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, CA), and Armand R. Cerbone, PhD (independent practice, Chicago, IL).

gay men enact aspects of heteromasculinity (Elder et al., 2015), particularly internalizing stigmatization of nonheterosexual identi-ties, relationships, and behaviors (Herek, 1995). One way this manifests is through a preference for traditionally masculine men. Research has demonstrated that gay men exhibit a preference